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I’ve been fascinated by space since I was a kid – and I can prove it! I was proud owner of a giant encyclopedia called “Space,” a book entitled “Physics of The Cosmos,” and a picture laden hardback called “Our Solar System,” – yet that was just a few of them, and almost all of these were … Continue reading →

From my piece which was published in University Times on December 8th – It was originally posted here. Let’s not talk about homophobia. Let’s not talk about law, or equal marriage. For just a few minutes let’s not even talk about the violent and heinous acts we hear of in newspapers. Let’s not talk about … Continue reading →

You can read a follow up piece to this letter here I held my boyfriends hand yesterday. I caught it, as I usually do on University College Cork campus and held it until we reached the main gates, only this time I didn’t let go. We moved along the Western Road, towards Washington Street, and … Continue reading →

“Let’s never come here again because it would never be as much fun,” Charlotte said to Bob, as they lay in bed together during a rather touching scene in Sophia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. I know what you’re thinking, ‘another blog post on Lost in Translation,’ and the truth is that yes it is just … Continue reading →

I watched Lost In Translation today. Rather ironically, the translation of that revelation is that usually I am having a midlife crisis. Unfortunately the same can be said for today. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Was something I, and you, I am sure, have been asked many, many times. Of … Continue reading →

I’ve spent a lifetime waiting for a moment. Waiting for the moments that will, I believe, bring me the happiness that I deserve and worked so hard for. I, like many others have fallen foul of believing that waiting for these moments is all that there is in life and I have been waiting for … Continue reading →